UK Scientist ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ Further Lockdowns Will Not Be Required

UK Scientist ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ Further Lockdowns Will Not Be Required
Protesters hold up placards at a demonstration against government lockdown restrictions in Parliament Square in central London on June 14, 2021. Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images
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A return to life as normal could fuel an autumn wave of coronavirus cases but further lockdowns may not be required, a UK government scientific adviser has said.

Professor John Edmunds, a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), said he was “cautiously optimistic” that another lockdown would not be needed to bring cases under control again.